Necktie



.110. 751,331. PATENTED FEB. 2, 1904.

c. NOLLENBERGER. 1150111215. APPLIOATIONPILED JUNE 9,1903.

lN-VENTOI? By I ATTOHNE I UNITED STATES latented February 2, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

- NECKTIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 751,331, dated February 2, 1904. Application filed June 9, 1903. Serial No. 160,719. (No model.) l l I To all whom/it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, CARL NOLLENBERGER, a

, citizen of the United States, and a residentof Leadville, in the county of Lake and State of Coldrado, have invented a new and useful Im- I provement in Neckties, of which the following of the tie shown in Fig. 1.

is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in neekties, especially that class of ties known asbowties.'

The purpose. of'the invention is to so construct the tie that it can be quickly and-readily attached to or detached from the neckband, shield,aor other support and reversed, carrying the former-front soiled face to the back and the rear unsoiled face to the. front, and to provide simple, eoonomic, and convenientlymanipulating fastening devices whereby to ad ustably' secure thebow to the support pro vided for it.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts,

as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and

pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts mall the figures.

Figure 1 is an inside view of the front portion of a collar and a rear view of the improved tie applied thereto.

I Fig. 3 is a section taken practically on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is an upper edge view of the improved tie and the front portion of a neckband, illustrating the manner in which the tie is detachably and reversibly secured to. the neckband. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a necktie-shield and a section through the central or transverse band of the bowtie and an outer face view of the devices employed for reversibly attaching the bow-tie to the shield, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the device which is adapted for attachment to the neckband and to which the bow-tie is reversibly secured.

.A represents a bow-tie of the usual type, comprising rear opposing wings a, front opposing wings a, and a central transverse loop- Fi'g-Q is a rear elevation section ct ,'serving to tie the front and rear sections of the bow together. Thls transverse central loop-section a is made of a strip of' suitable material, plain, gathered, or creased, 1

having-its ends connected at the bottom portion of the bow, as is shown at 10 in Fig. 2. The bow is so constructed that either side face thereof may be brought to-the front-f0r'ex ample, to. serve as a fresh face when one side becomessoiled or crumpled and achange is desirable.

In connection with the bow A,I employ an attaching-strip 11, whichis usually made of metal, but any. suitable or equivalent material may be employed for the purpose. This attaching-strip 11 is passed between the transverse central loop-sction a and the opposing surface of whichever face of the body of the bow is turned to the rear, and elastic loops 12 l or loops of any suitable character constituting stops are passed around the attaching-strip 11,- one at each side of the rear portion of the transverse central loop-section (f, as is shown in Fig. 2, whereby to prevent the attaching- ,strip 11 moving from its ad usted position.

Preferably when the att'achingstrip 11 is placed in position on a bow its ends extend an equal distance beyond the sides of the central loop-section In Fig. 1 I have illustrated a bow constructed as described applied to a standing collar 13, under which construction it will be observed that the attaching-strip 11 is made to engage with the inner face of the collar at its overlapping or meeting ends. It will be understood that the bow may be as readily applied to any collar of the turn-down type.

In Fig. 4: I have illustrated the application of the improved bow to a neckband 14, and under such application the neckband at its front center is provided with an attached tiestrip 15, preferably corresponding in size and in contour to the attaching strip 11. This tiestrip, which is shown indetail in Fig. 6, is provided with apertures 16, whereby the said tie-strip may be stitched to the collar-band 14:, if so desired, although it may be otherwise attached. In applying the bow its attachingv strip 11 is brought opposite the front of the tie-strip 15, and the bands 12 of any suitable material are made to pass over both of the strips, as is shown in Fig. 4.

In Fig. 5 I have illustrated the application of the bow to a shield 17 and under this con struction elastic loops 12 are secured to the said shield, one at each side of its center, ex tending beyond the front of the shield, and after an attaching-strip 11 has been passed through the transverse central loop-section a of the bow at the back of the latter the ends of the said attaching-strip are passed through the loops 12. In this manner the bow is detachably attached to the shield 17.

Under all of the constructions that have been described it is evident that when one face of the bow becomes unduly worn said bow may be reversed by simply removing the attaching-strip 11 and turning the bow, placing the attaching-strip through the central loop-section a between said loop-section and the side of the bow that had formerly been exposed, but which under the new adjustment of the bow becomes its rear face, whereupon the bow may be used without a shield on a neckband or in connection with either a neckband or a shield, as a wearer may desire. It is further evident that when the bow is constructed as described and is provided with the attachment set forth it may be worn for a greater length of time than ordinarily, as after one face of the bow has become soiled the inner face may be brought to the front, and the bow under such conditions will be equivalent in appearance to a new bow.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In neckties, a bow provided with a central transverse loop-section, and a rigid attaching-strip removably passed between the loop-section and the body of the bow at the rear of the latter, the ends of the strip being free and projecting beyond the sides of the said loop-section for the purpose set forth.

2. In neckties, a bow comprising a body and a transverse centrally-located loop-sec tion, an attaching-strip passed between the loop-section of the bow and the body at its rear portion, the ends of the strip being free and projecting beyond the sides of the loopsection and stops located on the projecting ends of the said-attaching-strip, one at each side of the central loop-section, as described.

3. In a necktie, a support, a bow detachable from the said support and reversible thereon, the said bow comprising a body-section, a central transverse loop-section, an attaching-strip passed at the rear of the bow, between the central loop-section and the body-section, the ends of the strip being free and projecting beyond the sides of the loop-section and removable loops on the projecting ends of the at taching-strip, one at each side of the said loopsection and connecting the said strip with the said support for the tie, as described.

4. In neckties, a neckband, a tie-strip secured to the neckband, a bow comprising a body-section and a centrally-located loop-section, an attaching-strip passed between the loop-section and body-section of the bow at the back, the ends of the attaching-strip being free and projecting beyond the sides of the loop-section and means substantially as described, for detachably attaching the projecting ends of the attaching-strip to the tie-strip, as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CARL NOLLENBERGER. IV i tnesses:

GEO. WV. CASEY, D. L. THoMAs. 

